Worksheet 1

Examiner:  Do you like reading? 

You:  Yes, I do but I don’t get much time to read these days. 

 

 

How to prepare for Part 1 

•  Make a list of possible topics you could be interviewed on e.g. 

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your home 

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your country 

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your job 

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your interests 

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your school 

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your family 

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food 

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festivals 

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clothes 

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books 

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films 

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transport etc. 

•  Write questions for each of your topics and get a family member or 

friend to ask you the questions or put them on an audio cassette and 

test yourself responding to them. 

•  Record yourself answering the questions and listen to see how you 

can improve your responses. 

•  Make sure you know all the vocabulary necessary to talk about 

these topics.  Practice the pronunciation of any new vocabulary. 

•  Think about the language that will be useful e.g. 

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ways of expressing likes & dislikes 

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linkers like ‘even though’ and ‘unless’ 

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tenses to talk about the past and present and your experiences 

e.g. ‘I’ve never been to Europe.’ or ‘I went to London for a holiday in 

1998.’ 

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How to prepare for IELTS – Speaking 

 

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Independent Practice for Part 1

 

Materials in the Self Access Centre (SAC) 

Focus on IELTS:  

 p.30-31 (your city/town) 

p.56 (music/language to express likes and dislikes) 

p.96 (school) 

p.147 (holidays) 

Insight into IELTS: 

p.100 (linkers) 

p.101 (possible topics) 

Focusing on IELTS:  

p.56-58 (possible topics & questions)  

p.70 (answering questions correctly) 

IELTS Tutor:  

p.2-4 (sample topics & sample answers) 

Cambridge IELTS 1-7 

IELTS to Success:   

p.36 (sample questions) 

Instant IELTS:  

p.118-119 

IELTS Preparation and Practice (S&L):  

pp.55-7  

IELTS Foundation: 

pp.54-55 

IELTS Strategies fro Success: 

pp.120-29 

IELTS Test Builders: 

pp. 36-37, p.68, p.98 

Action Plan for IELTS: 

pp.80-83 

Ielts to Success: 

pp.35-37